RGB Module

The RGB module idea started when Nishar on the Rabtron forums built a small gadget from the a high power led. We got talking about high power led's and high power RGB led's. This module is the product of those discussions.

Information

The module consists of a Atmega8 microcontroller. It uses PWM to control 3 different LED's found in a RGB Led. Because it uses PWM to control the 3 colours we can also control the brightness of the colours. This allows us to create various colours using the three original colors (Red,Green and Blue).

- ATMega8 Microcontroller
- 16 Mhz Crystal
- ttl rs232 connection to control the 3 colors.
- 3 analog inputs to control the 3 colors.

- Schematics Coming Soon (need to be cleaned up a bit)

Files & Information

- Build Instructions (PDF)
- Flickr Photo Set
- Get A Kit

Tutorials

- Using Analog Inputs to Control the RGB Light
- Build the module into a Lamp

Change Log

25 June 2008
- Wow, the module got mentioned on Hack A Day. Welcome hackaday readers.
- Rabtron started selling a kit

24 June 2008
- Tutorial on using the Analog Inputs
- Tutorial on using the module in a lamp

21 June 2008
- Initial website on project with details of Revision 4